TECNO and their Pova 8, opinions

In summer 2026, at June TECNO announced their new model Pova 8

Memory, CPU, technical info

Octa-core (4x2.4 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55) processor was designed for this model, using chipset Mediatek Dimensity 7100 (6 nm), Graphic card on TECNO Pova 8 is Mali-G610 MC2.

Storage on this model is 128GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM, microSD is available microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot) - India model only, under the hood is Android 16, HIOS 16.

About TECNO Pova 8 camera

Pova 8 by TECNO has two lenses 50 MP, f/1.8, 23mm (wide), 1/1.95", 0.8µm, PDAF Auxiliary lens. Some another extra info are Dual-LED flash. Video recording on main camera of TECNO Pova 8 is available with 1440p@30fps, 1080p@30fps modes. This is not bad for example one of available devices at the moment, Realme Watch S5,

Video camera on TECNO Pova 8 is possible.

Body specifications

Pova 8 this time has 78.5mmX165.7mmX8.8mm dimensions.

Designers in TECNO have put lot of efforts applied to their new model 5 colors, arc white, graphite black, helios orange, echo green, bit white (india) and finally terminal green (india).

Screen on TECNO Pova 8 is built using tehnology IPS LCD, 144Hz, on that point current model was ahead from only 46% existing mobile phones by diplay size, 6.76 inches, 112.6 cm2 (~86.6% screen-to-body ratio) display with resolution 1080 x 2344 pixels with ratio 19.5:9, having density 381 pixels in 1 inch square.

Connectivity

Pova 8 supporting bands 2G, 3G and LTE. Performance is HSPA, LTE, 5G, GSM / HSPA / LTE / 5G.

Ports on Pova 8 are USB USB Type-C 2.0, OTG, WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Radio FM radio, recording, Bluetooth 5.4, A2DP, LE, Positioning GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS, NFC, Infrared port.

Miscellaneous

Available options for charge 45W wired, 50% in 35 min 10W reverse wired.

Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass sensors are supported on TECNO Pova 8.